Tag: Supreme Court

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Even Tories tell Johnson to be “mild in language”; stepped security for several threatened MPs

  

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced an angry backlash on Thursday over his quip about a murdered MP during a raucous parliamentary debate on Brexit. Johnson went on the offensive when MPs returned to work Wednesday following a Supreme Court ruling calling the chamber's suspension in the run-up to Brexit unlawful.

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Brazil's highest court orders Petrobras to refuel two Iranian grain vessels

  

  Brazil’s top court on Thursday ordered state-run oil company Petrobras to refuel two Iranian grain vessels stranded on the Brazilian coast due to U.S. sanctions holding up sales of fuel needed for their return trips.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Another scandal brewing in Brazil? Supreme Court silences critics: search and seizure in a news website

  

  Brazil’s Supreme Court drew fire on Tuesday for silencing its critics with a confidential criminal case targeting the press, pundits on social media and even a retired Army general close to President Jair Bolsonaro.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  Danish Royals visit Argentina with a delegation to promete business and trade

  

  Denmark's Queen Margrethe II and Crown Prince Frederik are spearheading an official state visit to Argentina which started this Monday ahead of a larger business delegation which seeks to make inroads in the country. 

• Tuesday, September 11th 2018 - 15:31 UTC

  Lula's party expected to announce Haddad as the presidential candidate

  

  Jailed former Brazilian president Lula da Silva is expected to allow his Workers Party to announce running mate Fernando Haddad as its candidate, following the latest ruling from the Supreme Court. Lula had hoped the Justices would agree to an appeal for more time to switch the head of the Workers Party (PT) ticket after Brazil’s top electoral court last week banned him from running due to a corruption conviction and gave him 10 days to remove his name.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 08:25 UTC

  Chilean Supreme Court seizes US$ 1.6m assets from Pinochet family

  

  Chile's Supreme Court ordered the seizure of more than US$1.6 million from the assets of the late dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet. The top court also sentenced three former military officers to four years in prison for embezzlement of public funds in a case involving Pinochet, but allowed them to remain free under conditional liberty.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2018 - 07:15 UTC

  Trump picks strong business-friendly candidate to the Supreme Court

  

  President Donald Trump on Monday night picked Brett Kavanaugh to fill an open seat on the Supreme Court, potentially creating the most business-friendly high court since before the New Deal in the 1930s. The nomination of Kavanaugh to replace the retiring Anthony Kennedy is another win for corporate America.

• Friday, June 29th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

  Apple and Samsung finally settle seven-year-long patent dispute

  

  Apple and Samsung have finally settled a seven-year-long patent dispute, bringing to an end the long-running battle over the design of their rival smartphones. The terms were not disclosed.

• Monday, June 25th 2018 - 08:27 UTC

  Another judicial setback for Lula: Supreme Court cancels appeal ruling on his release from jail

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court has cancelled a ruling set for Tuesday on an appeal by former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to be freed from prison while he attempts to overturn his corruption sentence.

• Thursday, April 5th 2018 - 09:16 UTC

  Supreme Court rejects Lula's petition: must start prison term

  

  The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil (STF) decided to reject the judicial appeal filed by former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to appeal while in freedom to a sentence for corruption that remains pending, so the former president should enter the prison and begin compliance of the sentence.